2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

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2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying stage
Tournament details
Host countryDominican Republic
Dates5–13 November 2021
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored131 (4.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)Curaçao
(6 goals)
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2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying took place between 5–13 November 2021 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The teams competed for four of the twenty berths in the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship final tournament.[1]

Teams[]

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Ranking as of June 2019.[2] A total of 34 teams entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked 18 entrants participated in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.[3]

Exempt from qualifying (16 teams)
Rank Team Points
1  United States 7,092
2  Mexico 6,167
3  Panama 5,065
4  Honduras 4,794
5  Costa Rica 3,466
6  El Salvador 3,395
7  Cuba 2,644
8  Haiti 2,455
9  Canada 2,404
10  Trinidad and Tobago 2,395
11  Guatemala 2,187
12  Jamaica 2,089
13  Antigua and Barbuda 1,535
14  Suriname 1,327
15  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,325
16  Aruba 1,248
Key to colours
Group winners advance to 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Participating in qualifying stage (18 teams)
Rank Team Points
17   1,232
18  Bermuda 1,214
19  Curaçao 1,194
20  Nicaragua 1,193
21  Puerto Rico 1,150
23   871
24   856
25  Guyana 773
26  Dominica 772
27   730
28  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 723
30  Belize 655
31   528
32  [a] 500
33  U.S. Virgin Islands 499
34  Sint Maarten[a] 466
36  Anguilla 55
39   0
Did not enter tournament (7 teams)
Rank Team Points
22  [a] 1,050
29  [a] 681
35   67
37   0
38  [a] 0
40  [a] 0
41   0
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f Non-FIFA members and thus ineligible to play in World Cup.

Draw[]

The draw for the qualifying round took place on 17 September 2021, 11:00 EST (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.[4] The 19 teams which initially entered the qualifying stage were drawn into four groups: three groups of five teams and one group of four teams.[5] Montserrat, initially drawn into Group C, later withdrew before the start of the tournament.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
  • (W): Withdrew after draw

Qualifying stage[]

The winners of each group qualified for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, where they enter the round of 16 of the knockout stage.

All times are local, AST (UTC-04:00). (5/6 November matches ADT (UTC-03:00).

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.3):[7]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 points;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Curaçao 4 4 0 0 23 2 +21 12 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2   4 3 0 1 18 6 +12 9
3   4 2 0 2 2 11 −9 6
4  Sint Maarten 4 1 0 3 2 10 −8 3
5  Dominica 4 0 0 4 2 18 −16 0
Source: CONCACAF
 7–0 Sint Maarten
  • 14'
  • 42', 90+4'
  • 45'
  • 45+4'
  • 61'
  • Ettienne 73'
 Report
Curaçao 7–0 
  • 4', 29'
  • 18', 49'
  • 25'
  • 90'
  • 90+3'
 Report
Referee: (Honduras)
Dominica 2–5 
  • 6'
  • 53'
 Report
Referee: (El Salvador)
Curaçao 2–0 Sint Maarten
  • 14'
  • 40'
 Report
Referee: (Mexico)
Sint Maarten 2–0 Dominica
 Report
 0–4 
Report
Referee: (Nicaragua)
 1–0 Sint Maarten
 Report
Dominica 0–10 Curaçao
Report
  • 5', 86'
  • 11', 45'
  • 14', 24', 53' (pen.), 59' (pen.)
  • 64'
  • 84' (o.g.)
Referee: (Jamaica)
Dominica 0–1 
Report
Referee: (Guatemala)
Curaçao 4–2 
  • 42'
  • 45', 77'
  • 46'
 Report
  • 59'
  • 81'

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   (H) 4 3 1 0 12 2 +10 10 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2   4 2 2 0 10 4 +6 8
3  Belize 4 2 1 1 10 3 +7 7
4  Anguilla 4 0 1 3 2 15 −13 1
5   4 0 1 3 5 15 −10 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host
 5–2 
  • 4', 43', 89'
  • 10'
  • 87'
 Report
  • 8'
  • 40'
Referee: (Nicaragua)
 6–0 Anguilla
  • 2'
  • 10'
  • 33'
  • 50'
  • 72' (o.g.)
  • Azcona 74'
 Report
Referee: (El Salvador)
Belize 0–0 
Report
Referee: (Jamaica)
 2–0 
  • 18'
  • 40'
 Report
Referee: (Canada)
 1–6 Belize
  • 35' (o.g.)
 Report
  • 13'
  • 15'
  • 31', 83'
  • 45+2'
  • 75'
Anguilla 0–3 
Report
  • 30'
  • 38' (o.g.)
  • 71'
Referee: (United States)
Anguilla 2–2 
  • Gayle 82', 88'
 Report
Referee: (Canada)
Belize 0–2 
Report
  • 16'
  • 23'
Referee: (United States)
Belize 4–0 Anguilla
  • 19'
  • 38', 61'
  • 90+1' (o.g.)
 Report
Referee: (United States)
 2–2 
 Report
  • 28', 45'
Referee: (Costa Rica)

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Puerto Rico 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Bermuda 3 2 0 1 6 8 −2 6
4   3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: CONCACAF
Puerto Rico 0–3
Awarded[note 1]		 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Report
Bermuda 3–2 
  • 38'
  • 41'
  • 90+2'
 Report
Referee: (Guatemala)
Puerto Rico 1–0 
 Report
Bermuda 3–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • 48'
  • 74'
  • 83'
 Report
Referee: (Honduras)
 0–2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Report
Referee: (Mexico)
Puerto Rico 6–0 Bermuda
 Report
Referee: (El Salvador)

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nicaragua 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2   3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
3  Guyana 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
4  U.S. Virgin Islands 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0
Source: CONCACAF
Guyana 0–0 
Report
Referee: (United States)
Nicaragua 7–0 U.S. Virgin Islands
  • 7', 25'
  • 28', 80'
  • 33' (pen.)
  • 36'
  • 84'
 Report
Referee: (Costa Rica)
Guyana 5–1 U.S. Virgin Islands
 Report
Referee: (El Salvador)
Nicaragua 2–1 
  • 50'
  • 71'
 Report
  • 56'
Referee: (United States)
U.S. Virgin Islands 2–5 
 Report
  • 13', 78'
  • 53', 67'
  • 65'
Referee: (Guatemala)
Guyana 0–5 Nicaragua
Report
  • 32', 48'
  • 54'
  • 60', 77'
Referee: (Costa Rica)

Goalscorers[]

There were 131 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 4.23 goals per match.

6 goals

  • Curaçao

5 goals

  • Saint Lucia

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Anguilla (against Belize)
  • Belize (against Saint Martin)
  • Bermuda (against Puerto Rico)
  • Dominica (against Curaçao)

2 own goals

  • Anguilla (against the Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Match suspended and later awarded to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines due to Puerto Rico failing to comply with Concacaf's COVID-19 protocols ahead of the fixture.[8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "2021 Concacaf Men's U-20 Qualifiers schedule confirmed". CONCACAF. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Concacaf Men's Under-20 Ranking". CONCACAF.com.
  3. ^ "Draw reveals groups for CMU20 Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 17 September 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 Concacaf Men's Under-20 Qualifiers draw rescheduled for September 17". Concacaf. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Draw reveals groups for CMU20 Qualifiers". Concacaf. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 Concacaf Men's U-20 Qualifiers schedule confirmed". Concacaf. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Regulations". CONCACAF. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Suspendido el primer partido de la Selección Nacional Sub-20 Masculina" (in Spanish). Puerto Rican Football Federation. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 CMU20 Qualifiers Statement". Concacaf. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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